CVE-2018-12158
Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May...
Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May 24, 2018 may allow a privileged user to potentially trigger a denial of service or information disclosure via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May 24, 2018 may allow a privileged user to potentially trigger a denial of service or information disclosure via local access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12158- CVSS 3.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May 24, 2018 may allow a privileged user to potentially trigger a denial of service or information disclosure via local access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12158- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4136 No score
Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May 24, 2018 may allow a privileged user to potentially trigger a denial of service or information disclosure via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4136- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fv8r-r3g2-m956
Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May...
Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May 24, 2018 may allow a privileged user to potentially trigger a denial of service or information disclosure via local access.
- Record
GHSA-fv8r-r3g2-m956- CVSS 3.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-12158 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Intel Next Unit Of Computing Firmware, published October 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.